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Intervention Strategies for Management of Comorbid Depression Among Individuals With Hypertension: A Scoping Review [Cardiovascular disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Background: Hypertension and depression frequently co-occur, complicating patient management and worsening outcomes. This scoping review aims to systematically map non-pharmacological interventions for managing comorbid hypertension and depression, providing insights into current practices and guiding future research.

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Hypertensive Crisis with Dr. Travis Huffman

Louisville Lectures

Travis Huffman gives a quick overview of Hypertensive Crisis, Hypertensive Urgency vs. Hypertensive Emergency and management of both Markedly elevated BP and HTN Emergency/Crisis. Hypertension. 07.01.2018; 71:e13-e115 Evaluation and treatment of hypertensive emergencies in adults, William J. Whelton et al, 2017.

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Episode 148: Antiracism in Medicine Series Episode 4 – Dismantling Race-Based Medicine Part 2: Clinical Perspectives

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Nwamaka Eneanya and Jennifer Tsai to discuss the limitations and harms of race-based medicine in clinical practice. Our guests explain how we can incorporate race-conscious medicine in clinical settings, medical education, and biomedical/epidemiological research to responsibly recognize and address the harms of racial inequality.

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Episode 339: Neurology VMR – left facial numbness for 5 days

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Through her experiences witnessing the challenges faced by patients in underserved areas and hearing their stories, Aye is dedicated to advancing health equity, global health initiatives, and various aspects of neurology, both in clinical practice and medical education. She is going to apply for a neurology residency program this year.

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

GeriPal

In particular, we talk about Katie’s and Jesica’s paper in NEJM titled “ Juggling Two Full-Time Jobs — Methadone Clinic Engagement and Cancer Care ,” which described the difficulty in managing cancer pain and methadone for opioid use disorder. Katie, welcome back to GeriPal. And that’s because we were on the podcast.

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Trauma-Informed Care: A Podcast with Mariah Robertson, Kate Duchowny, and Ashwin Kotwal

GeriPal

We also explored several questions with them, including how to define trauma, its prevalence in older adults, the impact of past traumatic experiences, the potential triggers of trauma screening, and the application of trauma-informed principles in clinical practice. Alex 19:12 And what’s the clinical takeaway from that?

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Cachexia and Anorexia in Serious Illness: A Podcast with Eduardo Bruera

GeriPal

How should I define cachexia and anorexia when I’m talking to fellow students or thinking about it in my own clinical practice? I think the very simple, practical thing is involuntary weight loss. I am very much into the fact that when you are really hypogonadic, clinically hypogonadic, I try to prescribe testosterone.

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